# 2026-04-13

-   [[Read]]:
    -   [[How the left can win back the internet – and rise again]]

-   [[Bookmarked]]:
    -   [After soaring 2,200%, DDR4 RAM prices finally fall — but don't get too excited](https://www.techradar.com/computing/memory/after-soaring-2-200-percent-ddr4-ram-prices-finally-fall-but-dont-get-too-excited)
        -   "We've witnessed another hint that the RAM crisis is deescalating — at least a touch — along with an interesting move by the Korean government to try to protect consumers from the worst excesses of PC component price hikes."
        -   [[global memory shortage crisis]]
    -   [Old public PCs for vulnerable groups amid chip price surge](https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10713213)
        -   "[[South Korea]] will increase the reuse of computers previously used by public agencies and expand support programs for vulnerable groups in response to rising prices of semiconductors"
        -   [[global memory shortage crisis]]
    -   [‘Computers are no longer a bicycle for the mind’: Frameworks founder says the Steve Jobs era is over and PCs are now a ‘self-driving car that takes you directly to the destination’](https://www.techradar.com/computing/computers-are-no-longer-a-bicycle-for-the-mind-frameworks-founder-says-the-steve-jobs-era-is-over-and-pcs-are-now-a-self-driving-car-that-takes-you-directly-to-the-destination)
        -   "[[Framework]], the computer company fixated on letting you define and endlessly update your PC, is now taking a stand against the cloud, AI, and the lack of PC [[ownership]]"
    -   [Google’s Free Windows PC Upgrade Offer—Millions Must Act Before Deadline](https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2026/04/12/googles-free-windows-pc-upgrade-offer-you-must-act-before-its-too-late/)
        -   "Google has simplified this with “a new ChromeOS Flex USB Kit," available through its partnership with Back Market to “help you install our fast, secure and free operating system.”"
        -   According to this article, uptake of BackMarket's ChromeOS Flex USBs (as a means to come off Windows 10) has been 'huge' and now sold out. Disappointed they chose to push Flex rather than Linux.
    -   [Report - A repair voucher scheme for London: an overview of different models and their potential impact](https://relondon.gov.uk/resources/report-a-repair-voucher-scheme-for-london)
        -   "This report summarises research exploring the feasibility of a regional [[repair voucher scheme for London]] that covers both textiles and electricals and electronics by examining the possible delivery models, enabling conditions, and the benefits of such a scheme."
    -   [Resistance in the data-driven society](https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/resistance-data-driven-society)
        -   "This essay explores the possibility of individual and collective resistance vis-à-vis datafication, drawing on examples from across the globe. It shows how infrastructure, political agency, and tactics have changed in response to datafication. It reviews six resistance tactics, distinguishing between “defensive resistance” and “productive resistance”: self-defence, subversion, avoidance, literacy, counter-imagination, and advocacy campaigning. Investigating them offers insights on the ability of social actors to contribute to innovation in mobilising practices amidst intrusive surveillance."
    -   [What is and how do we achieve a resilient digital democracy?](https://open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/articles/5-387/v2)
        -   "the paper introduces a holistic approach to resilient digital democracy that spans environmental, technological, economic, political, and cultural domains, and advances strategies such as public-commons digital infrastructures, platform co-operatives, public service Internet platforms, free/libre open source software (FLOSS), participatory innovations, and hybrid offline/online democratic practices"
    -   [Introduction to the special issue on Digital Solidarity Economies](https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/introduction-digital-solidarity-economies)
        -   "Drawing on traditions of the [[social and solidarity economy]], free and open-source cultures, and feminist and decolonial technoscience, the special issue explores how communities across the world build [[technological sovereignty]] from below"

-   [[Zettled]]:
    -   [[A lot of people use Meta products]]
    -   [[The world uses Meta products for some positive functions]]

-   Structured:
    -   [[Why and how to move away from Meta]]

-   Wrote:
    -   [[Reminder: abolish Meta]].